Couple of surprising losses there, but sometimes the way it goes late in the season when more important games are looming. It'll certainly be interesting if you do end up facing the Suns in the first round after playing them in the regular season finale, though regardless of what happens there I suggest you'll prevail in the postseason.

Chris Bosh was supposed to be the third option for the Heat behind LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Now he's won back-to-back MVP's.The former Raptor finished third in scoring and rebounding in the league this season. He will be key for the Heat in their title hopes.

Most Improved Player5.7 PPG - 12.0 RPG - 0.7 APG - 2.3 BPG - 0.6 SPG

Fourth-year center Benjamin Morgan has had a breakout season. The 22 year old 7ft2 monster has established himself as an NBA calibre center.He's been so good that the Spurs decided to give him the starting role and trade former all-star Al Horford to the Clippers for Serge Ibaka.

Some people find it surprising that the scoring champion could be the defensive player of the year as well. But this is Durant's fifth straight award.He led the league in steals for the fifth straight season and played a vital role in the Thunder's defensive structure alongside Blake Griffin.

Rookie of the Year7.8 PPG - 11.4 RPG - 0.6 APG - 2.5 BPG - 0.7 SPG

The rookie of the year award has been won by the top draft pick for the fourth season in a row. George Marshall of the 76ers is a worthy winner.He has been a bright spot for Philadelphia during their miserable season. They finished with the third worst record in the league this season.

Sixth man of the Year14.8 PPG - 5.4 RPG - 2.4 APG - 1.8 BPG - 1.1 SPG

Marvin Williams has been trying to live up to his status as a second overall pick since he was drafted in 2005. He was in excellent form this season.He helped the rebuilt Cavs finish third in a super-competitive conference after years of struggling. His title win with the Thunder has helped him.His current deal with Cleveland expires at the end of the season. It's likely this award will help him justify asking for a new long-term deal.

Despite four successive finals losses to the Thunder, Erik Spoelstra has guided his team to the best record in the league this season.He may have lost one of his 'big three', but he got his new players integrated seamlessly and will be confident of finally winning a title.

Surprising to see the Heat grab the top seed, that's certainly a little different. I'm guessing they'll be meeting you again in the Finals this season, but at least if you keep the series to four or five games, you can still win on your home floor. Tough luck with the MVP award, but at least Durant didn't come away empty handed. Nice numbers for your starters, Young remains your best player off the bench.

Predicting a first round sweep despite the losing streak at the end of the season, 4-1 at worst.

That sloppy end to the season cost me home court advantage (If I make the finals).

Somehow I left Michael Beasley off that stat table. Too many graphics to make and articles to write at this point of the season.He's averaging about 10ppg off the bench, which isn't too bad. It's about half what he was managing at the beginning of the season though.

Stay tuned for the customary playoff time roster-deepening veteran signings.

Oklahoma City have today announced the addition of veterans Nick Collison and Kyle Korver to their roster for the upcoming playoff run.Korver had been waived earlier in the season and replaced by Ron Artest. But a lack of depth on their roster made them give him another shot.Collison was a first round draft pick in 2003 by the Seattle SuperSonics. He moved to Oklahoma with the team when they became the Thunder. After six seasons with the franchise he was traded to the Lakers in November 2009 in a deal that freed up cap space ahead of the off-season.Ironically that very same off-season he left Los Angeles and re-signed with the Thunder on a four year deal. It only lasted two months though.He was traded again, this time to the Nets in December 2010 as part of the Brook Lopez deal. He made it to the conference finals in 2012. The Nets released him at the start of this season to make room for all of their veteran stars. He'd reportedly been contemplating retirement."I was delighted to get a phone call from Sam [Presti]", he said. "This is a really exciting team to be a part of and it will go down in history."Interestingly Collison was never part of any of the four title-winning Thunder teams. He's hoping that he's got the timing right this time around.

-----This was one of those fluke games where everything went almost perfectly. My shooting and rebounding were awesome and the Suns barely showed up.All of my players contributed and unfortunately for them only Brooks and Webster looked like they were trying.My starters sat out the fourth quarter. Collison had most of his 10 points and 8 rebounds in the fourth quarter.

Andrew wrote:Guess I jinxed you there. Still, can't see this one going much further. Now you can finish them off at home.

Yeah, I figured that after six games in a row I was sick of playing against them.

Interesting how the last two games of the regular season were against the Suns and Clippers and I lost them both. Hopefully the Clippers can put up more of a fight though. It's also interesting that I face another PG who always plays amazingly against me. Aaron Brooks was immense for the Suns and I'll call it now that Mo Williams will have a good series against me.

Sucks that Cleveland and Chicago are out, but at least the Bucks got through.

Utah are 7-0 against the Spurs and Blazers these playoffs. Maybe they'll ditch the whole rebuild thing and just re-sign the players they have now as they seem to be doing a decent enough job as it is. They're one win away from making the conference finals with two consecutive series sweeps, without having had home court advantage in either.

Frye-Boozer-Hayward-Foye-Chalmers doesn't scream championship contenders to me, but they seem to be making it work somehow.

I pretty much expected the Heat and Knicks to cruise through their series' and they seem to be doing so. I guess the Magic didn't have much chance considering Jordan Farmar is their top scorer. Shame for the Bucks as well as I would have loved to have had the chance to face all my former players in the finals.